Non-refillable bottle.



S. L. POLITO.

NON-REPILLABLE BOTTLE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 11, 1911.

1,024,097. Patented Apr. 23, 1912.

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To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, SYLVIO LAWRENCE PoLiro, a citizen of the United States, residing at San Francisco, in the county of San Francisco and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Non-Refillable Bottles, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to non -refillable bottles and has for its object to provide a bottle which cannot be refilled after the same has been filled by the bottler.

Another object is to arrange this bottle so that its non-refillable mechanism cannot be interfered with by unauthorized persons.

Other objects of this invention will become apparent as it is more fully set forth.

It is well known that the ordinary type of non-refillable bottle can be tampered with, so that its self-closing mechanism will not act in the desired manner. This is usually brought about by the use of wire or tools especially made for the purpose, for keeping the balls or other closing parts from resting on the ports of the bottle. This invention avoids this objection by providing a series of grooves, in the portion of the bottle where a wire or the like is apt to be used, that are arranged so that they will catch the wire and prevent it from approaching the locking means that make the bottle nonrefillable.

In the construction shown in the drawings, Figure 1 represents a sectional view through a bottle embodying this invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional plan view along the line 22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a sectional plan view on the line 33 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a.

sectional plan view on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 5 is the same on the line 5-5 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 6 is a detail of a plug used for filling the bottle by the original bottler, and which is arranged to be locked securely in position after the bottle is filled, as described in a later part of the specification.

Similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout the drawings.

In the construction shown in the drawings by way of example, 1 represents the main walls of the bottom portion of abottle, which can be of any size and shape suitable for the Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 11, 1911.

Patented Apr. 23, 1912.

Serial No. 648,608.

purpose for which it is intended. The upper portion of the bottle is provided with a neck, whose walls 2 are arranged in the man ner shown in Fig. 1. A plurality of grooves 3 are provided in the walls 2, and 'are arranged to secure a number of barrier parts 4, 5, 6 and 7. These parts are shown more in detail in the various sectional views. The upper portion 8 of the neck is restricted, and preferably to one side thereof as is shown in Fig. 1. The restricted portion is arranged to receive a cork or the like, and is disposed over the part 7.

The part or member 7 is preferably flat on its upper surface and provided with a plurality of grooves 10 therein. These grooves are arranged to catch a wire or other small tools that may be inserted through the opening of the restricted portion 8 of the bottle, so that they will not interfere with the means that close the various orifices of the bottle and prevent it from being refilled. The under portion of the part 7 1s preferably concaved as is shown in the drawings and a circular opening 9 is left in the upper portion of it so that liquid can flow freely therethrough. Disposed under the part 7 is the part 6 which hasits upper portion concaved and provided with a plurality of grooves 11 therein, which are intended to further obstruct the wires or the like that may by chance escape being caught in the grooves 10 of the upper member 7. This part is provided with a circular opening 12 therein, which is disposed under the solid part of the member 7. The solid portion of the member 6 is disposed below the opening 9 for the purpose already referred to. The lower portion of the opening 12 is beveled so as to provide a suitable seating portion for the ball 13, which is disposed in a chamber below the part 6, and which is provided with a barrier member 5, which is similar in shape and position to the member 6, eX- cept that grooves are not provided therein, and the upper portion of its opening let is beveled in addition to the lower portion thereof as is clearly shown in the drawings.

Disposed beneath the last mentioned member 5 is a similar member 4:, but which is the last mentioned member. The chamber inclosed by the parts 5 and 4:, holds a ball 16, which ball is arranged to set on the opening 15 and close it, should any attempt be made to refill the bottle. The ball inclosed by the parts 5 and 6 is arranged to set on the openings l2 and 14, and stop them so that no liquid can be forced in or out as the occasion may cause.

In order to provide means for filling the bottle, a suitable portion of the neck adjacent to the bottle, is cut out as shown in the detail of Fig. 6, and is arranged to receive a plug 17 which is provided with a beveled edge and which is arranged to fit neatly into the portion of the bottle referred to. It will be noticed that the bottle and the upper edge of the plug leave a wedge.

like circular opening between their upper portions. This is arranged so that melted glass may be poured therein and lock the plug securely in posit-ion, so that it can not be refilled through this opening again. This opening being arranged when opened to form a means whereby the bottle can be filled by the original bottler.

The general operation of the device is as follows: Assuming that the bottle is filled with liquid, the bottle is emptied by tipping the same on its sides so that the balls 18 and 16 respectively will come in contact with the parts 3 and 5, and thereby keep the same from closing the openings 14, 15 and 12, which will permit the liquid to fiow freely out of the neck of the bottle, provided the cork has been removed. Should the bottle be placed in a vertical position, it can be readily seen that the parts 5 and 4: respectively will cause the balls 13 and 16 to rest on the beveled portions of the openings 14 and 15 and securely close the same so that the liquid can not be forced into the interior portion of the bottle embraced by the walls 1. Should the bottle be turned on any side but the proper one, itwill cause the balls toclose the openings 14 and 12 respectively so that no liquid can be poured therethrough. It will be noted that the parts that are disposed in the interior of the neck of the bottle are securely locked in the grooves thereof, which construction is used in preference, because it enables the bottle to be more cheaply constructed under ordinary conditions. In this construction the bottle will preferably be molded in two halves, so arranged that after the barriers are placed in position in one half, the other half of the bottle can be placed thereon and suitably welded thereto, at the same time locking the parts referred to securely in position. Should any attempt be made to insert a wire int-o the neck of the bottle, so as to keep the balls from closing the opening in the neck when the bottle is about to be refilled by an unauthorized person, the same will normally catch within the grooves 10 provided in the member 7, and even should the wire avoid these grooves, it will be forced to engage with the grooves 11 provided in the member 6, or be forced by the latter against the wall of the bottle so that it can not interfere in any way with the balls. The grooves provided in the parts above mentioned are preferably circular as is shown in the sectional views 2 and 3 of the drawings.

The orifice of the neck of this bottle is disposed laterally thereto in order to bring it over the barrier 7, and also to direct any wires or the like that may be inserted into the bottle, for the purpose of interfering with the mechanism thereto. The barrier 7 is concaved as shown in order to provide a suitable passage for the water to pass through the same, and also so that it will not act as a guide for any implements that may be inserted as far as this portion of the bottle. The barrier itself is concaved as shown in order to provide a more suitable surface for engaging with any implements that may be inserted that far.

The main purpose of the concaved surfaces of the barriers t and 5 are to provide means for quickly directing the balls 18 and 16 to the openings 14 and 15 and also to provide a surface for these parts that offers as little obstruction as possible to the proper operation of the balls. The beveling of the openings at 12, 1 1 and 15 is in order to provide ports that can be readily closed by the balls referred to.

Obviously it is not desired to limit this invention to the exact construction shown in the drawings or in any other way otherwise than necessitated by the prior art as many modifications in the construct-ion thereof may be made without departing from the principles thereof.

Having thus described this invention, what is claimed is In a non-refillable bottle, a neck having its orifice disposed to one side and vertically in the upper portion thereof, a plurality of barrier members disposed in said neck and adjacent to and over one another, said barriers having one side relatively straight and horizontally disposed and another side concaved, the upper-most barrier having its horizontally disposed side adjacent to said orifice and provided with a plurality of grooves therein, the next adjacent member having its concaved side opposite the concaved side of the last mentioned member and provided with a plurality of grooves therein, another of said barriers vertically disposed beneath the last mentioned barrier and provided with a circular beveled hole therein, a ball disposed Within the tWo last barrier and the barrier over the same, submentioned barriers and arranged to close st-antially as described. 10 said hole, and another barrier disposed be- In testimony whereof I hereunto atfix my neath the last mentioned barrier referred to signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

" and having its conca-ved side disposed under SYLVIO LAWRENCE POLITO.

said opening, said member being provided \Vitnesses: with a beveled hole therein and a ball dis- W. P. HENNEX, posed Within the chamber formed by said C. B. BOWEN.

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